07.24.13
Ricin Mama gives birth in jail
A Texas woman accused of sending ricin-laced letters to high-ranking officials, including President Barack Obama, has given birth prematurely while in custody, according to her attorney.
Shannon Guess Richardson gave birth to a boy named Brody on July 4, nearly four months ahead of her due date, said Tonda Curry, her Tyler, Texas-based attorney.
The baby weighed less than 2 pounds when he was born at a Texas hospital and “is in need of a lot of medical treatment,” Curry said.
“I’ve been told he’s in need of heart surgery and of course has issues with his lungs not being fully developed,” Curry said of the baby, who is still hospitalized.
He’ll have a fine time at the hands of school yard bullies nine or ten years from now. An Independence Day child, yet.
Obscured by the ricin cluster there actually has been another ricin indictment in the US. The reason it has not made the press is because the accused did not send a letter to the president, it apparently being only part of a domestic poisoning scheme.
From the wire:
Attorneys for an El Dorado woman arrested last month after authorities said she tried to hire someone to poison her husband [with ricin] entered an innocent plea on her behalf Friday in a Bernalillo County, N.M., court.
No other news. Every day like sunshine, more and more examples of coast-to-coast American fucked-up-itude. National exceptionalism, the global brand.